Medieval Literature Resources

Chaucer --Life and Works of Chaucer Reading of the entire Prologue by Jess B. Bessinger, Jr., a noted scholar. Resources for Chaucer by the Washington State University.

Canterbury Tales: Text

• In Middle English Includes a hyperlinked glossary. (From the ORB.)

Canterbury Tales: Sound Recordings

• Sound recording of entire Prologue from Edwin Duncan of Towson University. Best used with Netscape Browser.
• Sound recordings of various selections (collected by Virginia Military Institute)
• Other audio excerpt files of Canterbury Tales listed on Luminarium

Canterbury Tales: Images and manuscripts (list of links found about 1/3 down screen page)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Text in Middle English from the University of Michigan
• Background, texts, images, about Gawain from the University of Rochester Camelot Project

King Arthur

• Background and information on King Arthur from The Camelot Project of the University of Rochester.
  Many links to texts and variations on the story. Includes Arthurian women.
• Court of King Arthur hyperlinked with information, texts, and images for the cast of characters
  from The Camelot Project of the University of Rochester.
• Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes

Medieval Jews and Jewish Life from the Medieval Sourcebook

Primary Resources

• Medieval Source Book Compiled by Paul Halsall of Fordham University, this site prvides access to
  full-text resources of Medieval History and Middle English literature. Very extensive.
• Jewish Medieval Life Sourcebook

Maps

• Medieval Maps and Images from the Medieval Sourcebook. Includes a map quiz

Medieval Texts

• Beowulf Text Translated by Francis B. Gummere , The Harvard Classics, Volume 49. (P.F. Collier & Son., 1910).
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890,
  and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century.
  The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone.
• List of Medieval texts Full text access possible.
• Medieval Studies Text, Image, and Archival Databases from Georgetown University.

Resources about Medieval Times

• Medieval Studies Virtual Library for Medieval Studies Maintained by Georgetown; Excellent place to start.
  Includes a search engine for searching within the site.
• Medieval Resources-- for History and English

Medieval History

Medieval Art

• Art History resources of the Medieval Period from Sweet Briar College
• Tres Riches Heures. The medieval book of hours.
  • Virtual presentation of Les Tres Riches Heures manuscript.
    
  • Another site with information and images of Les Tres Riches Heures,

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